Simprit has released a free community edition of GridMagic and MiniExcel for Blackberry and Java J2ME mobile devices respectively. Both programs support basic viewing and editing of Microsoft Excel files on mobile phones.

GridMagic is mainly optimized for RIM OS based Blackberry devices and is compatible with Microsoft Excel. You can synchronize your spreadsheet data between your smartphone and desktop.

MiniExcel is meant for other J2ME, MIDP 1 or 2 compatible cellphones such as Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Motorola, LG, Siemens and Samsung. It supports common arithmetic calculations like addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and power, scientific functions like SIN, COS, TAN, LOG, LN, etc. MiniExcel integrates with Excel and Quicken. You can read and write Excel file from your mobile phone through MiniExcel Connection Manager, and export Excel file to Quicken QIF file format. You can also upload and download data to your own server.


GridMagic/MiniExcel: Free Excel Viewer & Editor for Blackberry and Java J2ME Mobile Devices

Key features of the applications include:

+ Arithmetic calculations: addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and power.
+ Relational operators: equal to, not equal to, greater than, less than, greater than or equal to and less than or equal to.
+ Supported functions: SUM, IF, AND, OR, NOT, ABS, SIN, COS, TAN, ASIN, ACOS, ATAN, POWER, LOG, LN, EXP, SQRT, INT, ROUND, COUNT, AVERAGE, RAND, NOW, TODAY, DATE, TIME, DATEVALUE, TIMEVALUE, YEAR, MONTH, DAY, HOUR, MINUTE, SECOND, PI and E.
+ Supported data type: decimal value, currency, percentage, date/time, boolean and string.
+ Auto alignment based on data type.
+ Custom format for number, currency and date/time. Negative currency values shown as red.
+ Cut/copy a cell or a range of cells to clipboard, and paste it to any target cell location.
+ Insert/delete column/row, Set column width.
+ Quick Number Edit. You can input date and number like currency, decimal value and percentage easily with this feature.
+ Function Key. With combination number of keys pressed, certain function will be triggered and run.
+ Internet enabled. You can download and upload your data to a server.
+ Integrates with Excel and Quicken.

Visit Simprit.com to download the free versions of GridMagic and MiniExcel